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Love this story. A great companion to Celestine Phrophecy and others that teach the lessons of our own inner strength. Inspiring and relevant. I highly recommend.Check out my newest thriller - Bound by Birth - by Randall R WheelerBound By Birth
This is a timeless inspirational story. I like to give it as a graduation gift.It works as coming of age story or really as a coming to one's senses at the many spiritual growth 'spurts' or 'stucks' we all go through.
This is yet another in a series of life changing books I have been reading of late. I'm guessing that my life needs some changing which is why I keep stumbling on to such wonderful works. Since I got my Kindle I have become a reading fool.
I think out of all the books I've read, this is the definitely one of the most special ones because I'm going through much the same thing as the character in the book. Secondly, I do not think Dan ever found enlightenment because of the way he illustrated it at the end of the book. Another mistake the author made while trying to illustrate the path of searching for enlightenment is the wrong and stereotypical Hollywood version of neglecting families and going around the world for eight years trying to find answers. I know most people are skeptical like I was before, and that's the only reason why I started this journey so late.Now while I enjoyed the better half of the book, here are my insights of the not so good parts. I love it for that, as an easy to digest book that immerse and educate at the same time, I have not read another english book that's quite this unique on the subject of finding your soul. First, I do not know why the author never explained the inner workings of meditation and of Qi when he wrote about so many practices that are derivatives of the two, such as healing Dan's leg and giving him vision, or becoming one with nature, those are all possible and even I could take away some physical pain for a moment or two through manipulating Qi energy. It's a coincidence because I just grabbed the book randomly on my friend's shelf to take on a roadtrip (I don't even read that much usually) and the subject of the book is exactly what I'm going through in my life right now so I will give it a review.I'm a Chinese myself and have practiced Qigong and Buddism for six months now, and have found tremendous spiritual growth since then, and I could tell you that the book is good but it is definitely only half of the story, and here's the other half- you have to learn to meditate and even better, learn Qigong to start to see the spiritual experiences that is illustrated in the book, then if you are persistent you'll have a different viewpoint on life. The ONLY way to become enlightened is through deep meditation and achieving high level of Qi energy, I don't think the author knows that so he just pretty much cheated with a vision and let it be.
Without the slightest explanations of those phenomenons readers will be lost. Honestly I doubt the author understand that half of it at all and feels like he merely place in the most important doctrines of Buddism inside dialogues as a progress of his journey, but what about his own physical and mental awakening. There are absoulte no answers to be found in the outside world but inside yourself and Dan should know that if Socrates had taught him that far, yet Dan has to sqeeze that part into the book, guiding the readers on a wrong path.Even with those faults, the story is entertaining and inspiring with many essential teaching of Zen Buddism and Taoism. Remember, if you want to go on a real path of enlightenment, find meditation (Vipassanâ or Zen meditation, not new age BS) and/or Qigong (a lot harder to find the right teacher, but worth the search), then you'll have your answer.
I believe the ancient truths contained in this book are the best way for a human being to live and relate to others and life. Put simply, Dan Millman's "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" is my favorite book. In 1991, I was purposeless and in a depression I could not come out of. Uplifted, I began to live again. I guess you might say that it is my tribute to "Peaceful Warrior" and the healing I received from it in 1991. It was a therapist who gave me Dan's book to read.
Every breathe, every act is sacred when it is done mindfully. The reason is because its wonderful message reached me at a time when I really needed it. Awareness takes the ordinary and makes it extraordinary. The easy paced action and enjoyable interaction between Dan and his teacher, Socrates, absorbed me completely. I escaped into a world that filled my own world with enough hope to lift me out of my negative state. My own book, Dreality Dreality: A story about returning home, is also a work of fiction that unfolds spiritual truths in an effort to remind the reader that a simple life is the way to true and effective living.
Every time I leave a gas station and see my gas guage, I can't help but smile: "Happiness is a full tank."
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